The name Dallas Green might not stand out to you but maybe City and Colour or ALEXISONFIRE does.

From Ontario, Dallas Green is a singer/songwriter who records under City and Colour, ALEXISONFIRE and You+Me.

His musical influence from a young age has been Neil Young because he has built himself a career from what he wants to do, on his terms and follows the direction he feels is right.

At 14, he started making music  His goal in his music has always been to “help people to escape.” Green writes his music so he can get through something but also hopes that it is relatable enough for others to potentially feel better. It was never about the fame it was about the feeling he has while performing and creating. 

In 2002, ALEXISONFIRE’s first album came out in Canada and when the music video when to MUCH it blew up. Although, the band did not have an album out in the US, their manager decided to book them a two week two tour through the US over their March break. The band was only seventeen and was not able to miss school. They had almost no one attend and slept in a van. Dallas says now, that some of those bad decisions at the beginning of their careers are his “best stories.” He also continued, “I feel like I have earned where I am. I have played for nobody. I have driven 25 hours straight to play for nobody and had five dollars a day to spend on McDonalds.” He does not deny that’s made him a better person.

In 2011, Green left ALEXISONFIRE to focus on City and Colour. He got the name City and Colour from his own name as Dallas is a city and Green is a colour.

Green told Exclaim, the loneliest time in his life was was back in 2009 when both ALEXISONFIRE and City and Colour were at their peaks. “That year, was one of the hardest years of my life, because I couldn’t really experience any of what was happening. Too much was happening” Which was when he stepped back from ALEXISONFIRE.

The day he made the decision, he was in Boston playing for City and Colour and he “hated it.” After the show, he emailed his management and told them he couldn’t play for both bands anymore. It was so hard for him to tell the band, so he ended up staying for another six more months before he could get it off his chest.

He wanted to spend more time with City and Colour as it got more popular and he started to appreciate the songs differently. Green also noted that he’s proud because his fans tend to buy the whole record and not just a single 

He returned to ALEXISONFIRE in 2015.

Green has always stayed with independent labels so that he can have creative control. This also allows him to know that, “If anything goes wrong, then I know it’s my own fault. It’s very important to me.”

His songs with City and Colour are as if he is always moving. He explained to Nothing But Hope and Passion, that the road is his home so it makes sense in that way but Green has a “sense of longing for stability and you long for a sense of home and at the same time this is my home.”

Green had a hard time writing his most recent album A Pill for Loneliness, which came out in 2019. He  just kept thinking of how messed up the world is. He realized after many sessions of writing by himself, he could do it with friends and it would make things easier. He ended up collaborating with quite a few people and if it wasn’t for them, Green doesn’t think the album would have hit the recording process.